Adding to the many cool sights at Royal Portrush’s historic links this week was the British Open leaderboard showing Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the top 10.

Fourteen years ago this week, as he calmly strutted up the 18th fairway at Royal St. George's Golf Club — his first and perhaps only major championship firmly in his back pocket — Darren Clarke admits there was a feeling of joy that swept over him like none he'd ever felt.

To have a tee time for Saturday’s third round of the 2025 British Open means you successfully navigated the opening two rounds at Royal Portrush. Sounds simple, but that’s quite the accomplishment considering how long and grueling those two rounds tend to be—first shot off at 6:35 a.m. local time, final group off the 18th green just before 10 p.m.

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“I'm not scared, I'm not going to back away,” added the world No. 14 as he strives to become the first Scotsman since Paul Lawrie in 1999 to lift the Claret Jug. “It (Portrush) is completely different to Oakmont. At Oakmont, I couldn't roll the dice. It was never, ‘let's press, let's press’. It was always, ‘right, let's go out here with pars’.

It is the first time in major championship history that five or more men, each playing under different flags, were tied for the lead.

The winner stands to earn a healthy cash reward despite The Open lagging behind the other three majors for prize money

On Friday at the 2025 British Open, eyes tend to go to to the top of the leaderboard but also to the projected cut line.